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and the super storm sandy hit hard. >>> we're back with the update of the impact of super storm sandy earlier on our own. we showed you the video earlier. and that tree came to rest on his bed. about 10 minutes after his wife had gotten up. and bruce has an update for us tonight. >> reporter: in a disaster, you would take comfort in small things. and my family, they are just overjoyed that the crane is here. days after the storm to take that tree off of our house. now there are so many broken houses that it is tough to get any tree service in. this job is particularly difficult because the tree is so massive and it -- and it is wedged into such a tight corner. my insurance company tells me that a couple of tree services, they refused to have anything to do with it. they got them to come in and they have this crane here as they are working to get it out. their trees are all the way around as they need to duck and weave just to get back there to the house to take the tree off. >> do you see this frequently? >> yes. >> and not just that. >> this is bad. and that it was probably 70 to 80
and the super storm sandy hit hard. >>> we're back with the update of the impact of super storm sandy earlier on our own. we showed you the video earlier. and that tree came to rest on his bed. about 10 minutes after his wife had gotten up. and bruce has an update for us tonight. >> reporter: in a disaster, you would take comfort in small things. and my family, they are just overjoyed that the crane is here. days after the storm to take that tree off of our house. now there are...
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already weary from super storm sandy. residence dealing with the cold and darkness, sandy struck more than a week ago and they say that they are at their breaking point. >> for this to happen very soon is so frustrating. >> reporter: wednesday's storm interrupted the recovery process across new jersey and new york and also caused hundreds of thousands of new outages. many, they had just gotten their power back, only to see it knocked out again. >> all of a sudden, boom. and there we are. back in the middle ages. >> reporter: officials say it could have been worse. >> the snow was helpful, believe it or not. because it wasn't rain and so it helped on the flooding side. >> reporter: here in hard hit rockaway beach, it's not snow, but sand that's a big problem. they have been working all day to clear mountains of it from the streets. >> and help take a look at it. >> reporter: the latest stayed behind for his parishioners when sandy hit. >> i hugged them and they cried into my arm. >> reporter: he said some church goers who
already weary from super storm sandy. residence dealing with the cold and darkness, sandy struck more than a week ago and they say that they are at their breaking point. >> for this to happen very soon is so frustrating. >> reporter: wednesday's storm interrupted the recovery process across new jersey and new york and also caused hundreds of thousands of new outages. many, they had just gotten their power back, only to see it knocked out again. >> all of a sudden, boom. and...
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but superstorm sandy brought disaster close to home. off the buss and into the arms of families who have not seen them for ten days. 80 members of virginia task force one came home. >> i was so happy. >> we're really glad to have him home. >> i have family none that area. so -- up in that area. this hit close ho home. >> reporter: they've been in little ferry, new jersey. >> the area of little ferry was new orleans on a smaller scale basically. >> reporter: captain mike davis reflecting on a rescue mission so close to home. >> and the people were basically stranded in hair holmes. we were -- their homes. we were faced with a lot of eorly people who couldn't get out of the houses. >> reporter: one safety problem was power restored to flood zones. >> power started coming back in some areas which was causing house fires. >> reporter: it was rescuers from virginia relieving fellow local first responders. in flood zones who were simply overwhelmed. they were at the end of their ability to continue -- to continue functioning. >> they were whi
but superstorm sandy brought disaster close to home. off the buss and into the arms of families who have not seen them for ten days. 80 members of virginia task force one came home. >> i was so happy. >> we're really glad to have him home. >> i have family none that area. so -- up in that area. this hit close ho home. >> reporter: they've been in little ferry, new jersey. >> the area of little ferry was new orleans on a smaller scale basically. >> reporter:...
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we didn't leave for sandy. we're not going to leave for the nor'easter. >> don't give up on where you live and just grin and bear it. >> reporter: four nursing homes in the area also evacuated patients moving them to higher ground. the storm is expected to clear out by thursday afternoon. now aside from the concerns aboucoastal flooding there is a high wind warning in effect through tomorrow morning. those high winds could cause more power outages and, of course, you've got those people staying put here dealing with no electricity, but they're making due. for example, here in rockaway 1,000 heaters have been delivered to the community and mayor michael bloomberg is urging those residents to go to the shelters and are providing transportation to help them out as well. >> hopefully they will take advantage of that. >>> the weather has forced new york's major airports to cancel hundreds of flights. back in our area we're not expecting any major problems, but road crews are on the ready. the d.c. department of publ
we didn't leave for sandy. we're not going to leave for the nor'easter. >> don't give up on where you live and just grin and bear it. >> reporter: four nursing homes in the area also evacuated patients moving them to higher ground. the storm is expected to clear out by thursday afternoon. now aside from the concerns aboucoastal flooding there is a high wind warning in effect through tomorrow morning. those high winds could cause more power outages and, of course, you've got those...
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president obama will visit new york to get a look at the recovery from sandy next thursday. >>> we're hearing a firsthand account of frightening moments for some united states airlines passengers headed from denver to dulles. the crew declared an in flight emergency after a man started praying in the aisle and wouldn't follow instructions. a passenger we talked to thought the man had become ill after he got out of his seat and seemed to collapse onto the floor. >> flight attendants were asking him if he wanted water or some soda and he said no. i'm praying. there were times when he just started crying uncontrollably while he was on the floor. every time after he would just kind of like stand up slowly kind of dazed and just kind of look around and then go back to his seat. >> well, military jets escorted the plane to dulles. the man was taken to a mental hospital for evaluation. >>> coming up next a woman gets fired for what she wrote about president obama on her facebook page. >> well, the weekend is upon us. we'll let you know if we're still talking 60s and maybe 70 before the weeke
president obama will visit new york to get a look at the recovery from sandy next thursday. >>> we're hearing a firsthand account of frightening moments for some united states airlines passengers headed from denver to dulles. the crew declared an in flight emergency after a man started praying in the aisle and wouldn't follow instructions. a passenger we talked to thought the man had become ill after he got out of his seat and seemed to collapse onto the floor. >> flight...
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. >> but up next two weeks after superstorm sandy tens of thousands of people still without power are demanding answers. >>> just when new york city commuters started to think things were getting back to normal, two crashes shut down the lincoln tunnel for hours this morning. in one case about 20 people were hurt, at least two of them seriously when a new jersey transit bus slammed into a trailways bus. the crash happened during the morning rush hour on the new jersey side and then two hours later a bus and a truck collided also on the new jersey side. those delays lasted as long as three hours. investigators are trying to figure out what caused the crashes. >>> in indianapolis investigators might have some new clues as to the cause of a deadly home explosion that happened over the weekend. the owner of the house says a faulty furnace may to be blame, but the gas company says it didn't get any calls about problems with the furnace. two people died in the blast saturday night. dozens of nearby homes were damaged or destroyed. in fact, this blast was so loud people living 3 miles away c
. >> but up next two weeks after superstorm sandy tens of thousands of people still without power are demanding answers. >>> just when new york city commuters started to think things were getting back to normal, two crashes shut down the lincoln tunnel for hours this morning. in one case about 20 people were hurt, at least two of them seriously when a new jersey transit bus slammed into a trailways bus. the crash happened during the morning rush hour on the new jersey side and...